The new “RocketBuilder” web tool, reflecting ULA’s on-going push to streamline operations and lower prices, shows that an entry-level Atlas 5, capable of boosting a small to medium-size satellite to the high orbit used by communications stations, would cost $109 million — $75 million less than the same rocket cost just a few years ago.
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Because of SpaceX.
In the meantime SpaceX is working on a booster that will be 3.5 times as powerful as the Saturn V and won’t cost much more than the Atlas V per launch.
Competition is good.